Globs of icing do not obscure the lack of definition in the design, the fact that it's a pile of cupcakes, or that you have little to no artistic talent. Is it any wonder the continent is experiencing a serious rise in diabetes?

Oh! is it a reindeer on the cupcake? it's not a poopbat? Are you sure? because it really looks like the north american poopbat according to my audubon field guide. and I'm sure the green one is (flipping field guide pages) the southeastern naked turtle mantis - a distant cousin to the turtledove.

Yes, Poo-Dolph was, er, funny (not really the right word) but Harry the Maniacal Teddy Bear Leprechaun made me laugh out loud. What the hell??? I'm trying to imagine on whose planet that would be festive.

When I saw Poopsie and Flopsie, I thought it couldn't get any "better", but Poo-dolph is definitely the grossest/funniest/most disturbing Cake Wreck I've seen so far! Seriously, WHAT WERE THE BAKERS THINKING?????? O.O

Oh. My. Lord. And I thought parody had already been taken to its farthest reaches by Jen in previous posts. Poo-Dolph renews my amazement. Jen, I think the whole song is in order here ... in fact, I'm thinking a Cake Wrecks winter holiday edition hardcover book with bonus CD of music to play while reading. I'd totally buy it.

I was guessing that Flopsie might be trying to be Grinch, but I like the praying mantis idea that others had! I thought they looked like weird frogs at first. I feel like Frosty in that one is giving everyone the finger.

I'm so excited that the PooDolph cake was a hit! Getting a submission on Cake Wrecks made my day. :) I no longer work at the bakery that produced that cake (and no, I wasn't the decorator - I got to work one day last holiday season and it was there waiting for me), but I'll have to swing by and see what they've come up with this year. ;)

May I just say, that Poo-dolph the bulldozed slain deer made me spit and spill scalding coffee all over myself and my screen. Well played, wrecker, well played.Obviously, I found today's wrecks to be splendidly comical.

Signed,

"Someone who knows they can't decorate, and so leaves the failing for someone else."

OMGosh those are nasty looking "cakes"..can you imagine taking one of those to a school function this holiday season??? The children would BEG not to eat them and swear they'll be GOOD until Christmas...just don't give them those cakes! Aghghgh

Holy Lord God of Hosts, what are those green things supposed to be? Kermit, maybe? A praying mantis, as some have suggested? The Southeastern Naked Turtle Mantis (brilliant, BTW)? What unholy thing hath this Wreckorator wrought?

I can't get those things out of my mind because I don't know what they are! Sweet merciful heaven, before I lose what little sanity I have left...

I'm just too damn lazy to scroll through the comments and see if anyone else thought of this first, but maybe instead of a slaindeer, maybe a 'stain' deer would be more appropriate since he is named Poodolph...

So, to make sure I full understand, professional bakers/cake decorators made these things? And those professional bakers weren't so embarrassed that they threw these 'things' in the trash before someone was able to take pictures of them? oh. okay.

I also really liked the dandruff creature, but it did make my skin crawl.

OK, so those little cup cakes...(cc's in the "BIZ") those little green things look like geckos that are freezing to death next to ... dunno... how about some sort of mutated crustasian with a hemoroid prob...maybe?

Poo-dolph the junior ReindeerWished to be a household name,Just like his cousin Rudolph,With his great historic fame.He needed practice flying, soWent out to the city dumpWhere gigantic mounts of garbageMade a super place to jump.Landing was his weakest pointHe found he couldn't stop--Crashed into a rubbish heap(You should look before you leap!)Bulldozed and trash-compacted, Garbage-scowed right out to sea,Poor Poo-dolph, the bulldozed, slain deer, your end will be a mystery!

Charity for the day nomination - Three Hots and A Cot - www.cotsforvets.org - a group of veterans who is working to provide transitional housing to homeless veterans. There are 132,000 homless veterans in the USA - they have sacrificed and served for us and our freedoms - now it is time we serve them. We are a 501c3 organization and could use every dollar to help get these men and women off the streets. We never left a man behind on the battlefield - we can not leave them behind on the streets of America. Thank you for your consideration and God Bless. JD Simpson - Executive Director Three Hots and A Cot

poodolph the bulldozed slain deerhad a very flattened noseand if you ever saw ityou could even say it's grossall of the other slain deerused to laugh and call him maimedthey wouldnt let poor poo dolphjoin in any slain deer gamesthen one foggy christmas evesanta came to saywhat the heck did i step inscraping poo dolph off my shoenow poo dolph's very smushy

and his face is in the trashjust goes to show what happensif you end up on cake wrecks in the first place!(see, I don't have to rhyme)

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